Biography
Roger Avon (23 November 1914 β 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham.Some of his television appearances include Hancock's Half Hour, Dad's Army, When the Boat Comes In, Department S, Doctor Who (serials The Crusade and The Daleks' Master Plan), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Our Friends in the North and Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the films Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., The Likely Lads, Mutiny on the Buses, Quatermass and the Pit and Curse of the Crimson Altar, among others.Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series Grafters, starring Robson Green.
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Filmography
all 51
TV Shows 26
Movies 25
Various
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven (2000)
Movie
Angus Belfer
Peak Practice (1993)
TV
Actor
Then Churchill Said to Me (1993)
TV
Museum Attendant
Grace & Favour (1992)
TV
George Fields
The Black Candle (1991)
Movie
Judge
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
TV
The Bill (1984)
TV
Charles
The Dresser (1983)
Movie
The Duke of Cheapside
Blackadder (1983)
TV
5.79
Commissionaire
George & Mildred (1980)
Movie
Sergeant
The Back Page (1978)
Movie
Chauffeur
Come the Revolution (1977)
Movie
The New Avengers (1976)
TV
6
Watchman
The Happy Hunting Ground (1976)
Movie
Joe
The Likely Lads (1976)
Movie
Dead of Night (1972)
TV
First workman
Hide and Seek (1972)
Movie
Sykes (1972)
TV
Rathbone
Au Pair Girls (1972)
Movie
Policeman (Safari Park)
Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
Movie
4.85
Clerk of the Court
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
TV
4
Play for Today (1970)
TV
1st Maintenance Man / Hooper
Department S (1969)
TV
On the Buses (1969)
TV
Sergeant Tyson (uncredited)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Movie
Bert
Please Sir! (1968)
TV
Dad's Army (1968)
TV
Electrician
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Movie
4.64
Mr. Cotes / Police Operator / The Policeman
Harry Worth (1966)
TV
Wells
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
Movie
6
Daxtar
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1966)
Movie
Actor
The Lance Percival Show (1965)
TV
Saphadin
Doctor Who: The Crusade (1965)
Movie
Uncle Bob
Dead End Creek (1965)
Movie
Waterhouse
Runaway Railway (1965)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Movie
6
Police Photographer (uncredited)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Movie
6
Zero One (1962)
TV
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
TV
Out of This World (1962)
TV
Policeman
Benny Hill (1962)
TV
6
Corrigan Blake (1962)
TV
Police Inspector
The Arthur Askey Show (1961)
TV
Actor
Citizen James (1960)
TV
Police Sergeant / RSM / Recruiting Sergeant
Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960)
TV
Reporter
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
Movie
Constable
Womaneater (1958)
Movie
Const. Brown
Kill Her Gently (1957)
Movie
Constable
The Scamp (1957)
Movie
Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
TV
Horsetrough
Fun at St. Fanny's (1955)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.99
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1962
1968
1965
2000
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1914-11-23
Deathday1998-12-21 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceJarrow, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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